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Jack finally catches a number of bandits going through the strip club, one of them gets a dancer to go backstage with him. Jack walks through the backstage as well, seeing the booth where he walked in, as he was about to go in the dancer tried to stop him, saying "Hey sir! wait your-" then he pushes her to the side, then grabbing the bandit by the neck.

"Where's your boss? I won't ask again."

the bandit tries to struggle, but with each attempt to break the hold Jack grabs hold on tighter and tighter, nearly choking him to death. Jack stops for a while, then the bandit starts to smile when he looks behind Jack.

"Right behind you."

"Huh?"

Jack got the idea instantly, rolling out of the way then as he stands back up from the roll, he sees the booth of where the bandit he was holding completely destroyed by a gigantic mace from a massive figure, this man put the mace back onto his shoulder effortlessly and the booth appears to have blood coming from it, indicating that the bandit was completely smashed.

"So... you're the boss I assume?"

"Yep. You killed two of my boys, and I don't appreciate that... Jack, these boys couldn't get your bounty, guess if you want something done do it yourself."

Jack assumed a man with such a mace would be slowed down, but this wasn't the case. As this massive figure started to attack Jack he did so with great speed and strength, Jack was just barely keeping up, one mis-step and he would be squashed as well. Jack waited for an opening to attack and once the man got his mace stuck in the wall, Jack managed to get a successful stab through in his chest, but he chucks Jack off effortlessly.

"You're fast, but your damage doesn't mean shit to me." The man pulls the sword off his chest, and chucks it back at Jack. "Come on... make this fun, I like a challenge." then the man attempts another swing of his mace, Jack dodges it and then he makes a second attempt with not much power, Jack successfully dodges this, Jack is starting to catch onto this man's pattern of attack.

The man makes another massive swing which leaves him to an attack, Jack quickly made a quick step to the man's right, Jack slashed his sword to the left which inflicted the man's left arm. "Now you've done it you little shit..." then he instantly does a 180 and with it, a incoming attack to Jack, with no time to dodge Jack decides to block the attack purely with his sword, holding the sword's hilt with his left arm and the blade on the right and strengthening his grip to block the attack. This blocked the front damage of the mace but Jack was sent flying to the wall, crushing through outside. At this point Jack can barely just get back up, he starts to crawl.

"Really, little ant? that's all you have?"

Other bandits started to come from the building, witnessing the fight and seeing their boss winning, one of them yells out.

"Yeah boss! kill him!"

the boss acknowledges what the bandit said, and looking back to Jack.

"I'll hand it to you kid, it's been a long time since anyone actually did any damage to me. But it's time for you to go upstairs, give God my regards."

Heading towards the strip club known as the Seductress Genzo admired the blade he'd taken from the bandit and could see that it was stolen. Before being spotted for wielding a stolen blade or even a blade at all and assumed to be causing trouble he slid it up his sleeve hiding it allowing easy access if a fight occurred too.

With the cigarette between his lips burning away Genzo tried to make it last slightly longer. He exhaled and blew out some smoke as he passed a sign pointing to the Seductress.

The day had been nice and warm upon waking up but it was quickly taking a slight turn for the worse. Clouds rose and were beginning to cover the skies.

It looked like rain was on the way and the night ould be mucky. Genzo didn't mind though, he was used to it and muck meant hiding blood would be easier.

He though back to his days as the Arctic Bandit and the outfit he wore and it made him smile. He felt a little upset that he no longer wore it, but knew that when the time would come he'd done the armaments once more.

He still kept them tucked away within his carriage. He just hoped the bandit or anyone else hadn't trespassed within it. Casting a glance towards the hills he couldn't see any smoke nor explosions currently under way so as far as he could tell everything was still safe unless he'd figured another way out.

Arriving at the doors to the Seductress Genzo took a deep breath and questioned if this would go smoother as Genzo Noroi or the Arctic Bandit and agreed the Arctic Bandit would draw too much attention whilst Genzo Noroi would only draw the attention that was needed.

Even if they saw his face, it wouldn't matter too much cause he could hide it away just as easily.

Jack fell unconscious after the battle, a few minutes later Jack wakes up in a room with his hands tied to the chair and when his eyes start to see more clearly, he can see his blade near the door and his mask. He is still in his red robes and still feeling some pain from being smashed to the wall through outside. Then the boss walks into the room "Good, you're awake."

Jack was looking around the room to see if there was anyone else, it appears to just be him and Jack, he could try to use his Room but that wouldn't accomplish much, especially if this guy is watching. The bandit boss clearly being offended by his lack of attention, he clicks his fingers in Jack's face and then crosses his arms.

"You see... as I was about to kill you, one of my boys told me that you were a devil fruit user. If that's the case I can get a lot more for selling you then taking your bounty."

Jack could see the possibility in that, but from what Jack can see this man seems to underestimate a devil fruit's power, as from what Jack can tell there isn't really any other special locks in the chair for him to not use his power, but he won't try it until this man leaves, as Jack can't take him on.

"The silent treatment hmm? I was expecting some resistance but I do appreciate obedience, don't worry kid, you'll be out of here soon and be a slave for some noble."

and with that, the man leaves the room finally, as he walks out it appears a much smaller bandit takes watch. Which is fine, Jack shakes his torso a bit to see if his knife was still in his robes, he can't feel anything and taking another proper look at his blade near the entrance, he sees the knife there... Jack came with a good idea, Jack starting charging up his room which was nowhere near the actual knife, but as the bandit saw he says "Oi! turn that shit off, you know our boss won't be happy."

Jack then came with the idea of intimidating him, getting him close and bringing out his weapon for Jack to control. "Really? I thought you were the boss here if anything, grab that knife over there and punish me." then the bandit looks over to the knife he was talking about, near his blade. He starts to laugh and does proceed to pick it up, walking right into the room and then next to Jack "Huh? you sure got a useless power, can't even do anything... and if you're asking for torture, I won't say no- UG" at that moment, Jack started doing hand movements with what was free of his hand to jam the knife into the bandits throat, since he could control the knife from a range as long as it's in his room, he starts to bring it out of the bandits throat and flying it near his hand, using it to cut loose one of the binds and then using his free hand to grab the knife and cut the other bind.

"Right... second plan, how the hell am I going to get out of here?" he then makes his room disappear, walking towards the entrance of the room he was locked in, he grabs his blade and mask. Putting the blade into his sheath on his back, and then putting his mask back on. He slowly opens the door, seeing that he was back in the strip club and it was still a full crowd. Which was perfect for Jack to get lost into, he starts crouching around the sides to avoid any bandit guards that might be around.

Pushing forward and heading towards the front door to the Seductress, Genzo quickly spotted the security out front. Places like this had security to search people before entering establishments and this was one of them, unless of course you had reason to keep your weapons on yourself that the owner agreed with of course.

Genzo was not one of those people.

"Excuse me sir, I'm gonna have to check you for any-"

A quick elbow to the face and heel to the back of the head put this guy out of commission. Pushing the door open a blast of music came shooting out.

It sounded like things were potentially about to get very heated and things were just kicking off.

As the lights shone over him away and return back on their way to the stage Genzo looked around to see a number of patrons still armed with blades, flintlocks and the occasional brass knuckles.

What your ass boy, you're behind enemy lines. Genzo thought to himself as passed two men with cutlasses and flintlocks strapped to their legs.

Genzo made his way down a small set of stairs to the stage where he leaned against the railings to see a petite woman with large pink feathers in each hand using them to shield herself from prying eyes allowing just enough to be shown to raise the temperature of things and gain just enough interest to empty the wallets of men before giving up her dignity.

The sounds of a few bandits to the right could be heard as they leaned on the railing and even over it trying to reach. Like a group of hungry yappy dogs, they are armed to the teeth and excited when they saw something they wanted. Throwing a butt load of money which rained down over her she looked pretty glorious but at the same time way too classy for these reprobates.

Shaking his head Genzo left the railings turning and walking straight into another bandit by the looks of things. A drink had been spilled and a leathery holster was now drenched and stinking of some foul alcoholic drink.

"You better watch where the hell you're going!" he said pushing Genzo with anger in his voice. This caught the attention of all near by patrons to which Genzo now had a choice. Use the blade to announce his arrival and search for the bastard bandit king, play it cool and continue doing a bit of recon work to see what he could find or try holding the guy hostage.

"Would any really work all that well?" he thought himself as his eyes quickly flicked back and forth at the many weapons. Time was running out and if he tried holding this guy hostage he was in possibly the worst place to bargain as there were too many men behind him to keep an eye on everyone.

Allowing the blade in his sleeve to slide out Genzo griped the handle and reached under the bandit's arm with his left wrapping it around his waist as the bandit was considerably taller and drove the blade into the bandit's gut with considerable force.

From afar it would look like a hug but in actuality it was more a sinister act of deception which the homophones in the group would make quick work of pulling faces shouting slanderous things and the more observant would spot the blood dripping to the ground and coming from the bandit's lips oozing down over Genzo's right shoulder.

"HE'S KILLING HIM!" a voice shouted from the back of the club. The music continued playing but was now a lesser volume to the sounds of shock, horror and anger directed in Genzo's direction.

Reaching for the bandit's flintlock pistol on his left with his left hand Genzo turned to the pole once more and pushed off the big guy towards the bandits closest who had drawn their flintlocks, aimed and squeezed the triggers.

Continuing his turn Genzo revealed to those at the bar on the slightly elevated level that he was armed with a bloody knife which oozed blood from the wound on their comrade and a flintlock pistol.

Sounds of disgust were heard behind as the bandits who opened fire felt nothing but the remains of a large corpse fall their way with blood, guts and whatever else you'd expect coming your way after blowing eight holes in the body of a quarter giant.

Looking at the three bandits by the bar who reached for their flintlocks Genzo knew he was outgunned and would need to use another tactic instead.

Pointing his flintlock skywards Genzo opened fired on the light rig. Emptying two shots into it he watched as the rig shook and one of the lights come loose.

With their attention caught up overhead Genzo dived to the right when their shots arrived right on cue.

Rolling towards the stairs and landing in a crouch position he turned to see the bandits by the railings were charging with cutlasses in hand.

Kicking the table to his right by the stairs Genzo watched as the floor was littered with more of the so deliciously desired alcoholic flammable drinks.

Grinning he watched as the first bandit slipped on the drink slipped earlier and spat out his cigarette towards the puddle.

The still burning tip quickly lit up the booze and in a flash and a matter of seconds the floor around the stairs were illuminated with a brilliant blinding flash that soon caught hold of the tables doused in the devil's mouthwash.

Continuing to head up the stairs where he was greeted by two bandits with cutlasses at the ready Genzo cast a look to the bar where he could see the third one crushed beneath a heavy metallic light.

Just as planned.

"You two have a choice, either tell me where your boss the bastard bandit king is or I will make you tell me."

"Fat chance."

"Alright, just remember you asked for this."

Gripping both flintlock and blade tightly Genzo made the first move by stepping forward and using the small blade to push the cutlass aside. Momentarily knocking it aside was just enough time for him to jab the barrel of a heated flintlock into the eye of the bandit.

To the left was his comrade who stabbed towards Genzo's torso from a side angle only missing and finding his blade tearing through the raised arm of his comrade holding the cutlass.

Genzo had jabbed the flintlock into his eye and rolled off in one quite sleek movement too fast for the bandit to even consider sticking him with his blade.

Back on his feet Genzo turned to see the horror on the bandit's face as he pulled his blade free.

"I told you, now am I going to get names or are you going to maimed?"

Three quick slashes came Genzo's direction which would end badly. The first was a slash from above which missed as Genzo took a step back the second a sideways slash which sliced through Genzo's shirt barely missing his torso and the third a jab directly towards him which Genzo allowed to slip under his right arm before thrust the small blade he had at the neck of the bandit.

With blood oozing downwards from his neck and the wound which was draining his life away. Genzo heard the sound of a cutlass clattering to the floor and watched as the body slumped towards him eyes closed and life having left the body.

Stepping to the right he let the body fall and turned to the bandit on the ground who was nursing a wounded arm from a cutlass as his eyes burnt.

Kneeling down Genzo pressed on his chest.

The sounds of screams from the bandits and the lady were growing louder as the fire grew larger behind Genzo and this was something that was not only out of his control but his care too.

They could all burn to their deaths before he shed a single tear. This was a place of unholy people for unholy people to do unholy things.

It was just a shame they'd visited the same time as the Arctic Demon in a human disguise.

Pressing the blade against the bandit's neck Genzo held a stern expression on his face as the questioning begun.

"Where is he?"

"Who?"

"Don't play dumb with me."

". . . he's in the back . . . "

"Great, then maybe you can show me where the back is."

"It's through those doors with the curtains on them! It's a private lounge where people can drink and have woman come to them. It's allot nicer in there than here. This is just for the low lives like myself."

The bandit pointed and it suddenly seemed like he realized he wasn't as great as he thought.

"So there is like a silver room through there? For people who are willing to pay more for their stay?"

"Yes, that's what it is. Please if you want the king this much just leave and go through there. You'll find a door marked staff only, that's the backroom."

"Thank you kindly"

Standing up as the flames grew larger behind him and the screams louder from bodies being burnt, Genzo placed a new cigarette between his lips and lit it with a match.

The smells of burning flesh weren't one his nostrils were accustomed to nor one they enjoyed.

"If there's anything you should've learned today, it's this. You're getting away lucky, not because I feel sorry for you, not because I'm not heartless. The burning screams of your comrades should be enough evidence of that, but because your duty is to spread a message far and wide. Spread it too all other bandits or crooks who think they can mess with me. Don't challenge the Arctic Demon, cause he'll come for you, and when he does, he'll make things a living hell."

Stepping over the lone living bandit Genzo headed towards the silver lounge with a cigarette between his lips and a passion for revenge in his soul as the dripping incinerated corpses crawled from the flames towards the lone living bandit who had a duty to fulfill.

Jack was making himself apart of the crowd, while he was hiding behind structures from bandit guards, he went back near the backroom and as a man in a black suit was walking by, he grabbed him, knocking him out unconscious and taking his clothes for Jack to wear, dumping the unconscious man in the backroom Jack's red robes and blade would be in the backroom, he had to dump them for now as he needed to look like one of the customers. Wearing the black suit Jack looks like a completely normal person, being unmasked and having no hoodie, he is well-suited and fashioned from bottom to top, Jack however kept the knife in his suit in-case he needed to fight.

He walks back into the club and sits down near a chair, acting interested in the dancers that the club has to offer and looking for a chance to walk out as he didn't want to draw any suspicion towards the bandit guards. As a dancer was about to walk towards Jack a man could be heard, yelling out "HE'S KILLING HIM!"

Instantly, Jack took advantage of this and it appears other customers of the strip club start trying to run out. He takes advantage and keeps his head down to avoid the fight as he starts running out, hearing gun shots from the club and the music going down he knew it was going bad, he managed to finally get out of the strip club and as other customers of the strip club start running away into town, Jack goes to the side of the entrance and starts watching, seeing if any bandits run out as he needs a proper sword, or also waiting for the chance that the club gets cleared out and he'll walk right back in to grab back his possessions.

Suddenly, as he is waiting outside he hears the club going silent, Jack believes this is a good time as any to walk in and reclaim his items, as he walks in the club he finds dead bodies on the floor, he starts to walk silently on the side so whoever is fighting doesn't detect him, he then notices a fire building up in the middle of the club, burning bodies. "Jesus christ... well, I better hurry." Jack thought. But as he was walking towards the backroom he instantly heads back down again, seeing two bandits guarding the backroom. "Shit... dumping my sword was a bad idea, I probably could've just slashed my way out of here..." however it was too late for regrets, he had no choice but to draw the attention of these two.

"Hey! over here!" Jack yelled out towards the two, they instantly drew out their cutlass's and headed towards Jack "What are you doing here? this part of the club is off-limits, and what's happening in the club right now is dangerous. You should be out of here, no matter what is happening nobody is allowed in the backroom." Jack was about to reply, but then the bandit said "Wait a minute... aren't you that masked guy? we took a good look at you after the boss beat your ass... it was real stupid coming back here." Jack then started to run, he couldn't take on these two so he tried losing them but to no avail. Being captured once again, he was dragged into the backroom and chucked onto the floor. As he looks up he sees the boss.

"You little shit... killing one of my men... again, and disrupting my club into chaos... who the hell do you think you are?!" then slapping Jack on the face, Jack replied with "Disrupting your club? I admit to killing your little henchman, but remember how I was trying to get out of here? that wouldn't be something I'd do if I had to get the hell out." then the boss crosses his arms and looks back at Jack "And yet... you ran back in here, for your items I assume? well... if you didn't do it, guess we'll have to check. You wait right here." and with that, the boss starts walking towards the backroom door.

Heading into the silver lounge Genzo could see many customers had already made for the door as the flames had ripped through into the silver lounge and taken down half of the stage the girls were dancing on. He could see the women were much nicer than in the front room and actually looked like they might be the kind to take home to your parents.

That is given you were that type of guy.

Moving quickly and swiftly past those who'd been trampled whist others escaped Genzo felt something drip down the right side of his face.

Pausing and gulping he could feel the presence of something above him.

He thought he'd come to face off against bandits, not nightmares of the dark.

Raising his head to find the source Genzo could see a set of eyes glaring back at him. And what had slid down his face was drool straight from the mouth of the bastard king's second in command.

Lufer Dengle 11,000,000

He looked very different to his bounty poster though. Feeling the drool shot back upwards and watching Lufer open his mouth to suck up the drool Genzo shivered a little bit before he stepped back gripping his blade tighter.

"Dengle!" Genzo shouted out pointing his blade at him angrily.

"Ah this man knows his bounty posters and Dengle's name'sis Dengle. Second in command as the man who shall kiss you a final goodbye before you meet Mr Grim, I take great pride."

"You'll do no such thing."

Leaping down from the ceiling Genzo was able to get a much better look at him. What he saw before him shook him to his core.

Lufer Dengle had always been a tall skinny individual with a narrow face long tongue and very pale skin which made his black hair even darker. Spiked in the middle creating a mohawk he looked at Genzo with six eyes three either side and six extra legs from his back. Each leg holding a cutlass and as for his waist, it looks a little larger than normal.

"What the hell are you?"

Launching a blade towards him Genzo took action defending himself by stepping to the left and slashing downwards to slash the appendage off.

Missing and falling slightly Genzo was greeted by a blade to the back of the neck.

"A quicka slice would make real nice!"

Using the blade to stab backwards he tore through the wrist of the spider leg causing Lufer to drop the cutlass.

Grinning Genzo spun to the left turning himself around beneath the bleeding leg and gripped the cutlass with his free hand.

Standing back up right once more he faced Lufer with a certain sense of anger and a blade in each hand.

"I don't care what you are, spider, mutant or just plain old freak, you're going down. Come at me you freak!"

As the boss is about to walk out, he looks back at Jack. "No... I made the mistake of leaving you here alone, that's not a mistake I'll repeat." then as he grabs his gigantic mace, he also grabs Jack's sword and chucks it at Jack, Jack catches it and looks at the boss with a surprised look. "I'll be honest, you're the only real challenge I had in a long time and I'm sure that wasn't your full potential in our last fight. So this time, we'll have a real fight, I want a real challenge. Got it?" then Jack stands up, taking up a stance with both his hands on the hilt ready to fight.

"Yeah, trust me... you'll get a challenge." then Jack starts charging up his room, the boss looks ready to fight "Interesting... so this is your devil fruit power? By the way, I am known as Grim, I already know who you are, Jack. Get ready to fight." Jack's room is completely done by this point, and takes up a small portion of the backroom. Grim takes no time and already starts a massive swing of his mace and Jack jumps back, dodging the swing easily and starts rushing to Grim, quickly stabbing Grim through the chest and jumps back again before Grim would hit Jack.

In Jack's room, there is a chair, a small crate and the knife Jack has to control. Grim starts a series of fast, ranged swings against Jack which he manages to dodge. Once Grim was perfectly inside Jack's room Jack makes the small crate fly and hit Grim's head, stunned for a few moments Jack steps right in-front of Grim, using his move Fierce slashes to slash him on his stomach, left arm then his right leg and stomach once again. Stepping back again, Grim couldn't retaliate due to the damage.

"Huh.... you did have more skill then you let on... but you won't win." Grim started his series of mace swings once again, only this time slower. Grim eventually tired out of doing the swings and had to take a breath. Jack makes the small chair in his room fly at Grim's slashed right leg, he yells out in pain and falls on his right knee, which Jack takes advantage of and rushes in, he starts rotating his sword at a very high speed, then the force of this speed is then re-directed onto Grim which cuts through deeply on Grim's shoulder. As Jack thought he won at this point he was grabbed by the throat from Grim on his right arm. "You... little shit." he then throws Jack at the wall, which damages his back which was focused on before when he was thrown outside from the previous fight.

"I thought... there would be more then that... but it seems you just do concentrated attacks..." then as Grim was about to hit Jack with one final swing of his mace, Jack manages to block it with his sword... it appears due to the injuries Grim has gotten, his strength has deteriorated. Jack tries to back off but every chance he gets is just another confrontation with Grim's mace, which is now a constant clash of Jack's sword and Grim's mace.

Armed with a knife an cutlass Genzo watched as Lufer recoiled in pain. Checking his appendage with the wound as blood dripped from it.

"I told you, don't mess with me."

Stabbing two highest blades into the ceiling Lufer raised himself up and swung forwards towards Genzo as he did so Genzo prepared himself ready to slice up a spider fruit user only to find a set of spider appendages coming for his chest.

Using the cutlass to parry the blades Genzo reached around as the blades and leg shot off in different directions to slice the tops holding the blades.

Cutting them clean off his chest was instead met by the powerful force of a bloody appendage which kicked ham backwards. A howl of pain leapt into the air and the next thing Genzo saw wasn't a blade heading his way but a barrel which hit him square in the chest.

Already having landed against a door and taking a great deal of pain surprisingly from the bloody stumps, Genzo was knocked cleanly through the door and straight into the backroom.

A little taken back by the incident he shook his head and looked around himself.

Where the fuck am I? he thought to himself before he spotted someone slightly familiar and some stranger.

Raising an eyebrow he started to pick himself up and dust himself down.

The man standing to his side has caused him a great deal of trouble and Genzo had worked hard to get to this point where he could return the favor.

Grim looked at the man that just broke in through the door. "The hell you want? you got some sort of beef with me?" Jack, seeing this as an advantage to run out. "Looks like I'm done here, I don't have any grudge against you Grim, but I'm sure this guy does." looking back at the person who just crashed through the door. Jack grabs his red robes and mask then running out the door only to quickly jump out of the way from a slash, when Jack gets back up he sees a weird spider figure. "What the hell are- ah... a Devil Fruit user?"

The man then looks at Jack, seeing him as his new enemy. "Yes, it looks like you have hurt Mr Grim, It's time for you to die." Jack quickly tries to draw his sword, but while doing so he barely just manages to block a sword slash from the spider user, starting to do a series of fast attacks on Jack which Jack mostly blocks, riposting one the spider is left open, which Jack manages to swiftly push his sword through the spiders chest, the spider pushes Jack back and with it, Jack's sword which Jack was still holding onto.

"Ooohh... You'll be a better challenge, you're too much trouble to sell. Looks like you'll have to die, I'm sure Mr Grim will understand." the spider then charges straight at Jack, Jack quickly makes the room he had back in the backroom disappear, and quickly starts to charge his room but not well in time, as with the spare hand Jack had to block some of the cutlass's slashes from the spider user, however the attacks were relentless and one slash managed to get through, cutting Jack's hand. The room was finally done with the room but Jack's right hand, which he was using his sword with was injured, unresponsive to Jack now.

"You are a fruit user as well, yes? don't use your sword, use your power, I wish to see what you can do." but Jack doesn't agree to what the spider figure said, and Jack grabbed his sword with this left hand then, the spider seemed to slow down on the slashes on Jack, as if he wanted to bring him to his limit. "Come on... show me your power, what can do you with one hand?" then as one cutlass slowed down, Jack blocked it and connected with slashing the smaller part of the leg off, then as the spider tried to jump back from the pain, Jack rushed in beating the spiders speed and putting his sword at the bottom of the spider figure, then he jumps in the air still holding to his sword, cutting through the spider's body and as the sword went through the entire body, the spider's body split in half, performing a uppercut, Jack's blade is full of blood but he places it back into his sheath on the back.

"That, I can do that with one hand, looks like I didn't need my power after all." Jack then removed the Room, wondering what happened to Grim he walks to the backroom to see what happened.

(((OOC: I thought you were going to control Grim & I was going to control Lufer for your fight with him.)))

Looking towards Grim with a cutlass in one hand and a small knife in his other Genzo watched how a man in a red hood cowardly rushed from the room explaining how Genzo had some beef with Grim.

He wasn't wrong but this wasn't how he expected his meet with Grim to go down. As Lufer and the man in red were headed back out the door Genzo remained in silence a little taken back by everything. He turned to face Grim who seemed to recognize him.

"I remember you. Back for a rematch eh?"

"Does it really matter?"

"I guess not since we both know how this ends."

Awaiting for Jack's first attack to come his way Genzo could hear large struts of the strip club falling away in the first room and feel the floor shaking and started thinking of ways he could use this to his advantage.

The building was weak and some exits now blocked off. The flames would be growing bigger and higher so it was only a matter of time before the flames burst through these walls and begun to swarm over this back room.

With this knowledge in mind and the bastard bandit king in front Genzo wanted him to make the first move. Dead certain he could end this quickly he was determined not to mess things up. Not like last time. Not when he'd spent so long honing his skills to be beaten by such a scum bag.